Bob Seger – Railroad Days (Guitar)

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  Jan would climb up   so high on the foul screen.

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  down below   I would yell to watch out.

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  When we'd play   Jan was always the winner,

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  he was brave,   never listened to me   shout.

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  Afternoons   playin' ball by the old wall,

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  hidin' outs   and of course be the star.

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  Kept my records   in old looseleaf   notebooks

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  and today I,   I think I still know where they are.

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Oh, railroad days, railroad days, railroad days,

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when I was young, in my prime, on my way.

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When the rain never got in my way,

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oh, in my   younger      railroad days.

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  Some nights,   Drifters playin' on the hi-fi,

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  talkin' 'bout girls   or preposterous lies.

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  Laughin hard,   watchin' Soupy at eleven,

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  skonkin' down,   one of Mom's lemon pies.

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  Ten o'clock,   bringin' groceries from the market,

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  singin' songs   to the darkness of the night.

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  Even sang   the parts the instruments were playing,

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  life was freer,   dreams were really quite allright.

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Oh, railroad days, railroad days, railroad days,

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when the sun seemed to smile on it's way.

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When the darkness was easier to play, yeah,

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oh, in my younger      railroad days.

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  Yesterday,   I heard they shut the trains down,

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  the ones than ran   by the field where I would play.

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  Said the folks want   new and faster transportation,

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it's just like me, I'll be obsolete one day.

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Oh, railroad days, railroad days, railroad days,

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when I was young, in my prime, on my way.

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When the rain never got in my way,

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oh, in my younger      railroad days.